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Welcome Back! This is the final Power Rankings for the 2020 regular season.    I will update this after the bowls are completed.    I should explain that I use my own formula to award points for each game, either positive or negative depending on the outcome.    These include a strength of schedule component and a margin of victory component.  I am doing things a little different this week, as I will only emphasize the 38 teams that played this week, as all the others only moved 1-3 spots only because of the teams that played.  See below the Power Rankings for my picks for today's bowl games. Here are the teams that played this week and how much they moved (NC=No Change). Each team is listed in the order it appears in the rankings: Alabama NC Clemson +4 Notre Dame -1 Cincinnati NC San Jose State +2 Iowa State -2 Texas A&M +3 Tulsa -1 Oklahoma +6 Ohio State +3 Ball State +7 Florida NC Buffalo -1 Marshall -3 USC -9 UAB +11 Northwestern -4 Utah +...

Welcome Back! We had another exciting weekend of College Football!  Conference title games are completed, and bowl games (and the CFP) are set.  We had 19 games, so let's get to the reviews.  Look at the bottom for final conference standings and for my pick for today's bowl game. Friday, December 18 UAB  won the Conference USA Championship Game with a 22-13 victory over Marshall .  The 22 points allowed by the Thundering Herd were the most they had allowed all season, and contributed to their 2nd straight loss to end their regular season at 7-2.  The Blazers finish at 6-3.  Both teams have accepted bowl bids. Ball State won their 6th straight game and ended a perfect season by Buffalo as they won 38-28 to win the MAC.  In doing so, the Cardinals held the Bulls to their lowest scoring output of the year, 14 points before their previous low, and 24 points below their average.  Ball State ends at 6-1 and Buffalo finishes at 5-1.   Bot...